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{{Main|Levy Mwanawasa}} | {{Main|Levy Mwanawasa}} | ||
[[File:Levy Mwanawasa.jpg|thumb|left|Mwanawasa on 16 March 2006.]] | [[File:Levy Mwanawasa.jpg|thumb|left|Mwanawasa on 16 March 2006.]] | ||
Prior to the [[Zambian general election, 2001|elections in 2001]] Chiluba tried to change the constitution to allow him to run for a third term. In August 2001, the National Executive Committee of MMD elected Mwanawasa as its presidential candidate for the [[Zambian presidential election, 2001|2001 election]]. He won the election, held on 27 December 2001, with 29% due to Zambia's first past the post system, beating 10 other candidates including two other former vice-presidents ([[Godfrey Miyanda]] and Gen. [[Christon Tembo]]); [[Anderson Mazoka]] came in a close second with 27%, according to official results. Mwanawasa took office on 2 January 2002. | |||
==Banda: 2008-2011== | ==Banda: 2008-2011== | ||
